Read article 'Neutron sources join the fight against COVID-19'
Read article 'Neutron sources join the fight against COVID-19'
A global network of ultra-sensitive optical atomic magnetometers – GNOME – has begun its search for exotic fields beyond the Standard Model.
The need at CERN to align components within a fraction of a millimetre demands skills and tools beyond the scope of normal surveyor jobs.
Electron-positron collisions at SuperKEKB have reached an instantaneous luminosity surpassing the LHC’s record set with proton-proton collisions in 2018.
Read about 'In focus: detector technology'
A retrospective of 60 years’ coverage of detector technology in CERN Courier
Read article 'CERN trials graphene for magnetic measurements'
With atomically thin active sensing components, graphene-based Hall probes incur reduced systematic errors.
Read article 'IPAC goes virtual'
3000 accelerator specialists gathered in cyber-space for the 11th International Particle Accelerator Conference.
Read article 'Circular colliders eye Higgs self-coupling'
Alain Blondel and Panagiotis Charitos report on developments at the third FCC Physics and Experiments Workshop.
Read article 'New SMOG on the horizon'
LHCb will soon become the first LHC experiment able to run simultaneously with two separate interaction regions.
Read article 'Particle physicists propose stripped-down ventilator to help combat COVID-19'
The proposal, led by physicists and engineers from LHCb, is one of several being developed to meet growing demand for ventilators.
Read article 'HL-LHC superconducting quadrupole successfully tested'
Advanced niobium-tin accelerator magnets for the LHC upgrade developed at US labs and CERN are also carving a path towards future energy-frontier colliders.
Read article 'Protons herald new cardiac treatment'
In a clinical world-first, a proton beam has been used to treat a patient with a ventricular tachycardia, which causes unsynchronised electrical impulses that prevent the heart fro...
Read article 'Scoping out the Einstein Telescope'
Activities are gathering pace at two sites in Europe where the Einstein Telescope, a proposed next-generation gravitational-wave observatory, may be built.
Read article 'A labour of love'
Ten years on from the LHC's first high-energy collisions, Mark Rayner interviews some of the foremost detector experts on what it took to keep the experiments fighting fit.
Read article 'Bang, beam, bump, boson'
Bringing the LHC to life and steering it beyond its design performance has been a rollercoaster journey for those at the helm, describes Mike Lamont.
Read article 'MICE demonstrates muon cooling'
Physicists have taken a step towards demonstrating the technical feasibility of a muon collider.
Read article 'Linacs pushed to the limit in Chamonix'
Linac applications discussed at High Gradient 2019 ranged from CLIC to XFELs and medical accelerators.
Read about 'In focus: vacuum technology'
A retrospective of 60 years’ coverage of vacuum technology in CERN Courier
